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Re: strings draft

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Bradd W. Szonye wrote:
> The standard XML-style prologue is what you use when you want to use a
> local encoding/language *and* make it portable. If you don't care
> about portability, just flip the compiler switch that says, "Follow my
> local conventions, instead of English or language-neutral
> conventions."

Forgot to mention: On lots of systems, "flipping the compiler switch"
actually means setting the LANG environment variable or some similar
global setting.
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Bradd W. Szonye
http://www.szonye.com/bradd